Awning lateral arm mounting



Feb. 16, 1932. R. w. PACE ET AL 1,845,931

AWNING LATERAL ARM MOUNTING Filed June 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor fiifi aov, 2" 1254526;

A tforney Feb. 16, 1932. R. w. PACE ET AL AWNING LATERAL ARM MOUNTING Filed June 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 )r a m ET b\ Q flawm Attorney Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAYMOND W. PACE AND THOMAS A. BAILER, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY AWNING LATERAL ARM MOUNTING Application filed June 24,

This invention relates to a mountin for the lateral arm of an awning such as is installed on open and barn front store rooms, and the prime object of the invention resides 5 in the provision of a mounting including an adjustable and locking feature.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a mounting of this nature which is exceedingly sim- 10 ple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, easy to manipulate and adjust, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawin Figure 1 is a side elevation of a right hand lateral arm with our improved mounting therefor,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the Wall bracket,

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof,

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 3,

F1 ure 5 is a sectional view through the clutc Figure 6 is a perspective view of the bolt,

Figure 7 is a transverse section through the clutch taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Figure 5, and,

Figure 8 is a pers ective view of an L-iron.

Referring to the rawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes generally a right-hand lateral arm of conventional construction which is mounted to swing in a bearing support denoted generally by the letter C and comprising an elongated bod having an upper lateral apertured ear 7 an a lower lateral apertured ear 8, these ears receiving the pivot pins 9 in the usual well known man ner.

Adjacent the lower end of the body 6 and projecting rearwardly from the edge flange 10 thereo is a air of spaced parallel apertured ears 11. file letter B denotes generally 1929. Serial m. 373,307.

awall bracket comprising a flange portion 12 adapted to befastened to the wall and a plate 14 in a plane at right angles thereto and equipped with a lateral marginal flange, Figuresl and 3. This plate has pivoted thereto as at 15 the upper ortion of the body 6 of hearing support An arcuate slot 16 is formed in the plate 14 to receive a bolt 17 in the lower portion of the body 6 of the bearing support 0. An L-iron 18 has one arm thereoi' pivoted as at 19 to the plate 14 adjacent the flange 12, and through the other arm thereof extends a bolt 20 with a pair of nuts 21 and 22 thereon, one to each side of said other arm. The other end of the bolt 20 is pivotally connected as at 23 between the apertured ears 11.

These adjustable features are provided for raising or lowering the lateral arm, and this is done by loosening the bolt 17 on the bearing support and tightening the nut 21 against the angleiron 18 to raise and lower when this nut 21 is loosened. The nut 22 of course, functions as a lock nut. All this of course, may be accomplished b one man, and the adjustment may be ma e to the fraction of an inch. Thus adjustment also serves as a lock. \Vhen the arm is set at the right place, the lock nut 22 on the bolt 20 is tightened against the angleiron 18 which holds the lateral arm in place and it cannot slip.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention and the right hand arm only have been shown, merely for the purposes of exemplification, since in actual practice this embodiment attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is:

A lateral arm mounting comprising a wall bracket including a flange adapted to be attached to the wall and a plate extending therefrom in a plane at right angles thereto and having a lateral marginal flange, a bearing support of elongated construction, means for pivotally mounting the upper portion of the bearing support to the plate, a bolt at the lower portion of the bearing support and extending through an arcuate slot formed in the plate and equipped with a nut, av pair of apere tured spaced co-extensive ears extending rearwardly from the lower end portion of the bearing support, a bolt pivotally mounted between the ears, an angular member pivotally mounted on the plate, said bolt extending through onearm thereof anda pair of nuts on the bolt one to each side of said arm; said bearing supporting said angular member, and the last named bolt being disposed within the marginal flange of the plate.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

RAYMOND W. PAGE. THOMAS A. BAILER. 

